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. . Vol. XI. No. 9 . September, 1964

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AR IEA C O RR IE& P O ... OIENT &,

HOI..I.. ... ND K . GRO ENEVEI..D

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PHII..IPPINIE S v . P A Z

AU S TRAI..IA B . POloAl N

A"RICA P . II: . RABI: .. AMIER I CA G . TH . M . S WEIJEN

SEPTEMBER 1964

VOL. XI . NO. 9

EA RLY SPR ING which won Second Prize for Mr H . Fujiwara in the Kobe PhOlO Competition - page 176.

Captain W.Z. Mulder T en ye~rs a contributor to R .I .L . Post - page 172/ 3.

Rf/prut A M O ... TH I..Y PUIU . I C A TI O N I"OR AI.. I.. PIERSO NN IE l.. Ol" T H C

ROYAL INTEROCEAN L NES

P . O. BOX 725 H O N G KONO

From t/lt Edl/or

CARGOES

A long wilh dozclls of Olher id lcrs, we havc walchcd mali)' cargocs be illg loadcd :md d ischargcd . As mcrc landlubucrs, we have ohen wondcrcd wnich. of all Ihc cndless commod ilics , arc Ihc most awkward to handle, for various rcasons. A vivid memory to us is tnc discil:,rgc of long, heavy, cast-i ron pi pes on 10 narrow drays, c:lch pulled by IWO lh in m ules in Ihe EgyplÎ:1Il port of Alex:lI1d ria . Til e sw ingi ng of the briu lc pipes :md the Il arrowncss of the srnall , rickety, wooden CMIS . eombincd wilh J,tener:11 IClhargy and aflerlwon sicstas, made this a very IÇ)llg d rawn-oul operat ion indeed .

\Vc invite ou r seagoi ng readers 10 wrÎle in :lIld give us their rcasons - briefty - for fin ding a cen ain ca rgo diffi cult 10 hand le. cithel by rca!'OIl of its own nalure. cl imatic or geog raphical condilions, or any unforcscclI cirru mstanct·.

GOING DUTCH

\Ve have been t:lkcTl 10 task by a most-senior R.I.L. Ca ptai n fo r ou r IIse of lh e word ' Dulch ' ralher than ' Netherl ands' , ' ''ithout going too (ull y inlO th e pros and rous, wc prcfcr 10 Sla te that Outeh se:Ull eu and Dutch shi pping - not la menlion Outen cheese! - have ra rned the resprrt of the world .

CENTENARIAN

It is not the prac tice of R.I. L. Post 10 deh'e ÎI110 the (:lIn ily aff:lirs of Company pC rSOl1l1el. We think , however, Ih al the IOOth birthda y of a great-grandbl hcr calls fo r speci:ll commen l: congratulations to Fifth enginee r L.W. Joziaase of mv STRAAT CU l\·IBERLAN D. who will be goi ng on leave 10 la ke part in lhe f:un il)' ceh'br:lIiolls on 9111 Septem ber.

LIBELLOUS LYRIC

A s always, the Sydney Soda l Club Newsheet am usrs and inslructs us. From Ih e 3rd July issue, we see Ih al there is a ' poet' in the Accounts Dept. Whilst his verses :lre nOl q uite sui table for th e columns of R. I.L, POSt. the Editor is prepared 10 show them 10 auy R. I.L. 'er who wishes to rcad a man's point-of-view of his female colleagues!

COf/lellls, (tlJth tlu t!XCt!pIIOfl of artic/u Jall/t!J lrom ot/Ia pl/f,ltclltlOflJ, may bi! rt!prllltell: acknowledgt!· /JulIlol Iht! Joura. holt/etlu, Waf/IJ be appreCloteJ .

FEWAS

SHIPS

I11.'V . 5 11'01 :11 Frem~lU tle, lIiccly dow lI in Ihe water, is Steil in Hong Rong on her rom ing-out voyagc with a load of iron orc from Vilori:"! for Japrillo T hc ship is IlOW 011 her m:lidCIl FE'VAS vOy:lgc, having Jcr, Japan on l i st August, :In<l is cxpcclcd to I"c:l("h Arricfl :1 short sixtccli days later.

L O ADI N G

1150 [OIlS of cocoa to be IO:lded for Japan - that was the t:1 sk 3wairing the Straat Frank lin when the ship entc red the port of Tema in Ghana at the beginning of }uly.

Far the nrst time, the cocoa was lO be \oacled ovcr [WO

h3lches by mca ns of the ncwly-installcd convcyor belt, whilst loading through thc other two h:t :chcs would go on as usual by mcans o f shore cranes anti ship's derr icks.

In the hours,

cvent, the loading mok less th ~lIl ninc working ,ncl Mr j .F.A. I-Iou wing (H .W.A.L. Agen t for

Loading coco!) over 2 hatches by convcyor .

AT T EMA

Ghana) was on hand 1O take these pho~ogr3phs for I?.IL. Post.

\.yhen lhc new convcyor is working at full capacity, cach belt will be able to load at the average rate of 60 [Ons ~lJl hour. Thc installation is providcd w ith an automatic cou nte r anel there are four ou tloaclers in opcration, which nrc controlled by telcphones Erom lhe cocoa-shcds 10 the chutes. Thc lelescopic chutes are 3t present being rc­des ign cd lO e!lable :t11 types of sh ips to utili zc the new conveyo~ fo r load ing coco:J..

Close-up of convc)'or.

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Ebint' s:Ji ls pa~1 Stra:11 Pr:lIlklin at Durb:m.

H ere is our hrsl photograph hy Area Corrcsp:lIldcnt P.E. Rabé of thc R.I.L. Y:1cht in Durbal1, 'Ebinc', which was purchascd just over a year :1go, after much dclibcration and consideration of various ncw and secOIld·hand boals. This 18-foal Uffa Fox Ace Dinghy was cvclllually judgcd to he thc best buy, having due regard la her sail ing qualitics, includi ng racing, anel thc Eael th:lt shc CIIl accol11l11odate up lO live peesons when cruising.

Capta in B.A. Ashworth , who supcrviscs sailing aCliv itics in Durban, starts off his account of ELAINE with a quotation from her logboek: -

" ElaÎnc's good sailing qualities Werf! voiced by muuy an expcricnced yach/sm(lfl, who slrongly recommended her lor our l1eeds, whilst her huil and {ittings werc surveyed by a qualified surveyor; we alJo ob/ajned the views of a baat builder ol many years standing. Bath confirmed Ih at "Elaine" was free Irom worm and only required minor repai,.s la have he,. ;n first~class condit;on.

For ,hoJe who have sai/ed "ElailJe" ,here need be 110

commenl regarding her mi/ilJg qllalities (lIJd the need 10 treal her with respect, but, for those who take the helm for the finI time, do not be shy of spilling the willd, for she gathers speed f(lJt, even in a light breeze, am/ seenu l a kl10W her goot! repulatÎol1 in winning the Combined CleISS in Ihe /962~63 R.N.Y.C. summer racing SeaSOfJ , (/nt/ coming second ;n the P. Y.C. Slimmer racÎlIg season. During the season from October to April , (1 lala/ of / 36 boats of all classes taak pa,.t in Ihe Jeries."

I-Je colll inucs:

A few rules govcrn the sa iling of " Ebine", onc of wh ich

is thc recording of nl1 sn ilings in the Log Baak, showing lhe names of the crew, wC:lther conelit ions anel rCl1larks regareling nny dal1l:lgec! gC:lr :lnc! accidents. This is no log entry:-

Thcrc wns a young lady namcd Ba nker, Who slept whilsl her yachr lay nt anchor. She wake in disl11ny When she hcard the male say:-., Hi , hoist up lhe top sheet anel sp:lll ker. "

Thirty sailings are recordeJ with lwelve of the staff taking part. Wc usunl1y s:lil threc up, of which two shauld be cxperienced ynchtsman, th is being ndvisabJc in the event of 3. South-Westcrly " blister" which comes up wilh liltle warning, c3usi ng many ynchts to c3p:,ize, whi Jst it is not poss ible la reef Elainc's main saiJ.

Whcn purch3sed, Ebine was fully eq uipped with :l set of tcrylene sa ils for r:lcing anel a set of conon sails for cru ising, plus lwO spi nnaker s~lil s. Thc l1l:lin anel jib sails total 200 sq.ft. and in a lighl wind with the spin~ n:lker hoislCd , giving her a good spread of sail, [he Cfaft

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Sibigo Il cgolia l ~s IWO bridgcs at Hobarl.

T his most unusual pholOgraph shows the Sibigo on her W :ly to Risdon (T asma ni a) in June 10 load a q uantity of zi nc for Bangkok, in the S.P.S. Thc ship was actually photographed from a light aeropla ne ow ncd by Mr V.G. Reid of H obart, to whom wc are much indcbled for per­mission to reproduce in R.lL. PoJt.

Thc circumstanccs arc somcwhat out-of-the ord inary: Sibigo is just pass ing through the ncw T asman b ridge, which is to link H obart with the Easrcrn Shore, and is approaehi ng the cid Hobart br idge which W~IS rcmovcd

(COll tiflud jrom oppOJitc page)

surges <t long sizz ling through the water ; thc sense of speed is te rr ine, wh ilst to hear the lh rum of thc sa ils a nel to taste lhe salt a ll adds lo the joys of yachli ng. Although you may capsize anel dam:Ige your rigging, it is weil lO

know that the "Old Man of the Se:l" never beats you so bad ly that you won' t come back for more.

Wc are most proud of our owner' s Aag in w e for m of a minialUre R. I.L. H ouse Flag Aown [rom the mast head, which se rves :lS a reliable wind indicato r. This Aag is Row~ when raci ng, lhe Club burgee bcing Row n on other occaSiOns.

Yacht racing is held over the week-encls under the Burgces of lhc Isla nd Sailing Club, Point Yacht Club and the Roya\ Nata l Vacht Club, of which two of our staff are mcmbers. The fo llowing classes compele fo r thc va rious Trophies: Deep Keelers, Finns, Flying Dutchman,

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il11 l11 cdia tely aftcr com p letion of the ncw bridge, on about 19th August. As ca n be seen, the H obart bridge was of a pomaon typej when lhc CClllrc pin was removed, each half of the pontoon was rota teel about 90° by tugs a nel towed away lO Gei lsloll Bay. As wc go to press, we understa nd that the engineers hopcel to com plete this neat operation in a few hours if weathcr cond ilÎons wc re righ t.

We are most g ralefu l to Mr G. C. Cramp, Managing Direc tor of ou r Agems in H obart, Messrs Wi ll iam Crosby & Co. Ply. Ltd., for send ing us lhis interesting in formation.

Spearheads, Sprogs, Rebs :I nd the combinecl cl ass, which is Ela ine's class. These races are held w ith in thc I-b rbour. Thc off-shore rac ing held outside the H arbour is restricted lO the 30-Square Melre anel the Dragon cia ss yachts .

Ela ine is pa rked at lhe yacht mole only nve minUles walk from our office, and, although we have no d ifficulty launch­ing her, it take th rec strong crew members to heave her up lhe slipw:J Y. H owever, a lowing tracto r may be hi reel for a small fee. The club is situated close te lhe yacht male and here you ca n enjoy your afler-yachting sundo wl1er ':i llch as "Clou dy wi th Showers".

.1- oz. H alion Vermouth 3 clashes Curacao

~ oz. Orange }u lCe ) oz. Gin

Forecast:-W hen it rai ns-pour."

Cllicf Officcr N . DijlIs lak~s 0 b~ar;lIg as l!t~ s!tip passu III~ N~t/l H~bridt!s grOl/po

LANDFALL By John Dyson, Passenger on board In .V. Van Cloon

W hen sa il ing from Singapore ro Fiji , a ship is of ten in sight of land . Thc hills of Java, the high , sh:1pc1y conc,," of Sumbawa and Flores wreathed in mountain smokc, lie in the dista nce curtained by hazc. T hc small coral islands of thc Torrcs Strait seem to leap out of the sea ahead. One minute lhe horizon is hard to disti nguish in lhe metallic shcen of sea alld sky, :lIld thc next time you look up you sec a low island covcred in br ight green foliage alld ringed by whitc sa ncly bcachcs lhat arc almast close cl10ugh lO swim to. At the narroweSl part of thc straits, the islands are close enough for you to sec huts under me palm trccs, boats pulled up on the beach, and onc or two dark-sk inned nat ives si lhoucllcd agai nst the snowy whitencss of lhc sa nds. Within a couple of days, the south coast of Ncw Guinea is in sight , anel if yOll pass Port Morcsby in thc early hours of the morning you scc lhc sunlighr gl il1l ing on meta! rooftops of the town, with thc Owen Stanley Ra nges towering behind . Again a fcw days of quiet stc:ltn ing through thc Coral Sea a nel lhe ship passes bel ween two big isla nds of lhe Ncw Hebrides group: close el10ugh for people on board te

Stt!ollli"g pt!(lu/ully tIlrotIgIl tht! lII(lrm u/u .

sm ell the heavy, sweel scent of tropical Aowers and all occasion:.l anel elusÎve whiff of copra being cured in thc sun at mc planlatio ll :.long the share line. T hc channel is only a Fcw miles wide, anc.! lhrough lhc ship's binoculars you can see red anel yell ow painted shacks of amission station on anc shore aml of a corra plantation on the olher. T here is the whitt speck 0 a sai! crcepi ng along thc shore. T raeling boat ? M:lil man ? Dist rict nu rse? Miss ionary ? - Or g tl n~ runner ? Smoke from cook ing nres curls out of densely~jungled slopes leading to rocky beachcs.

T hc chart on thc navigator's t:lblc on Lhe bridge is a con~ stant source of pleasurc to a tr:lveller on a c:lrgo ship. Being thc only passenger, rhc officers are happy lO let you look at it whenever you like, so long as you do not intcrfe rc with their business of guieling rhe ship through thc tricky, six miles wiele, channel bctwcen the islands. T hc island to starboarel, you lcarn, is Pcntccost, anel the other is Ambrim lsla nd. T he settlcment is cal\ cel "0 Lul Mission" . As we stcamed through, lhc officers took compass bearings on Malo Killi Killi lsla nd anel a point called Cape Wowo, LO fix our position accurately.

lIIork gOt!s on tll~ t/Jllo/~ timt!.

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As I looked at these mysterious and exeiting islands, Capta in Kloots said I \ooked like a landlubber, aching to get ashore.

" J a 111 " , I sa id. " BUL not among thc hcad hul1lcrs, thank you! "

On :1 Glrgo shi p you feel as lhough you belong. A big passenger "esse! is nOlhing but a Aoating hotel , and the '''vonders'' of thc sca seldom extend beyond decorativc sea-horses on bedspreads and shower cu rtains. During the day the officer of the watch shoots thc sun with the sextant , anel a few min utes later shows you the lilde cross on lhe chart marking the Van C loon's position. When thc ship is close to land, the charts are replaced once or twice cl day, and lhc crosses st ride hom OIlC chart to anothcr with exciting speecl. But voyaging across oeeans and wide seas, eh;;lrts of smaller scale are used, and the crosses seem to t ri ckle across, loitcri ng on their way. Before you know it, [hey are halt way ::.cross anel land is in sight again.

So it was as the Van Cloon left thc eor::.1 Sca behind anel nosed out into thc Western Pacific . We had been al sea aboul three weeks - I h::.cI lo ng ago lost all rrace of time - and Fiji was still thrce da ys away. Our gl impses of land 50 fa r had been tantalising, like lhe whiff of a gorgcous d illllcr te eOl11e te a starving man. All day, on the third d::.y , I was o n the bridge, probing the way ahead fo r thc fi rst sigh t o f lanel. And sudelenl y, there ir was. Land! It rose out of sea and sky, dead ahcad, in thc middle o( the afternoon. [ (dl like dancing. I feit like running to thc top of the mast, sta nding on my head, anel running down aga in . On deck, lhe Chinese crew lookeel just as happy ... . .. Lautoka , here we come!

R.I .L. ACTlVITIES

m.v. Van Linschoten, o n complet ion of her present East Africa - Auslralia voy::. ge, w ill return to A frica .

m.v. Van Waenvijck, loaelecl again in China ports in micl­August for Indoncsia via H ong Kong anel return.

ru.v. Straat Malakka, af te r completion of her current CHIWAS rou nel voyage, will proceccl lo Afri ca in extra employment via Manil a anel lhc Strails.

ESAAS M EETS ASAS

I n view of a bcrthing elelay of live days ::.t Lourenco Marq ues in Ju ly, it was dce ielcel lha l m.v. Straat van Diemen (ASAS) woulel om ir this port on her westbouncl voyage. H er 1,000 tons o f ca rgo for Lourenco Marques were transhipped at Durban in mid~Jul y into m.v. St raat Clement (ESAAS). In oreler to accelerate transhipment, anel in view o f a full harbour at Durban, it was arrangcd to 'double~ban k ' the two vessels. T his ve ry gooel photo~

graph was ta ken by Mr A.J. Dijkst ra, who tdls us lhat transhipmcnt was completed in th ree clays.

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SAILOR· ASHORE

SAO PAULO (1U0 (T1I~ei/'o = f/.O.3 J = HK$.49)

Guaruj:Î - sunn y :md glorious. (Ph oto: B. Kaufmann).

Here is the third artiele in our series, thh time KJving advjcc to those who wish 10 make a tvllOle~ or IUlIJ-day Irip 11'0111 I,he por/. of Samos in I3ra21/. Mr MO/lOmed Rajabally of Silo Pa uia agajn passes on his OUln expert knoUJledge for the benefit 1110inly of sea-go;ng stalf:-

O n takiug :l trip 10 S:1O Pa ulo, )'ou may walH 10 pUl :1 suit 011 . 5:10 Paulo is reall y the IIcrvc-centrc (where business is cOllccrned) of Brazil :Iud llbout 70'0 of the men go around in suit.<; . SO unlikc 531110$.

You cal1 get )'OUT bus ticket at dowlltOWII 5311105, cÎ th cr al th c "Comei:'!" bus li llc or the "R:'pido 8 r"7.il". It will COSI 0111)' Cr 500 :lIId there :l f C buscs le:lving ever)' fiht'cll mÎuules .

The trip ilsclf lakes about one and half 10 two hours and Sao Pa ulo is reaehed :Iher tmvcll ill g eighty kilometres ou the "Anchieta" highway, past banall:l pbnt:ltiolls, gorgcously flowered "ipe" aml "m:lnaea" trees, climbing the Serra do M:lr range (from where )'011 gel a birds' eye view of Santos :llld neighbourillg 10WI1S) :111d , onee on the plateau whcre Sao Paulo is situ:lIed , past huge faclories. The bus drops )'ou in dowlitowli SaO I'aulo, al Ihe Bus T erminal (Est:l\ao Rodoviária) .

In Sao P:lUlo, in order la save lime. better make IIse of taxis, who charge the same as in S:1I110S.

To gel a view of Ihe t it y from the tOp , the pl ace to go is th e " Ba uw cl o ESl:ldo" bui lding. This sk)'sera per is olle of thc ta ll est in South America wi th same th iny Aoors and a huge tdevi sioll an tel1l1a on lhc top.

One of Ihe most impressivc places 10 go to il1 Sao Paulo is Ihe so-called "Anh:lllgabau" "v:l llcy" . Vou ea n just stand Oll OTlC of the four bridges criss-crossing the "valIe)''' and gel a good view of the traflic Aowing past bdow :lIld th e dozcns of ofliee buildillgs sta nding guard 011 Ih e rim of this valle)'. lIs t/u":; :!!illg (lilt! fIlJW:;illg.

Rest:l ur:mts abound in S:IO P:Iu lo :md mca[s :1I'C cheap (avcrage pril'e for a meal in Sao Pau lo - as weil as in most Brazil - is CrS 1.500, illcludillg tips).

Olher sightseei ng SpOIS in Sao Pa ulo illdude Ihe Ibir:IJHlera Par, with its d:J.ring :J.rchiteclUre, vast g:J.rd clls and artificial bk-:sj the Congonhas :J.irport, modern :md one of the busiest in Ihe worldj the Zoological gardells (th ere arc hVo of them) j the huge P:lcaembll fOOlb:tll stadium. seati ng 70.000 peoplc; dil: Bulanta Snake Insti lute; the I-Iorto Floresta l which is :t vast BOlaniC:11 g:lrdell,

For )'ou r ft' turn to Santos, th is can be done b)' l:a king a bus ei th er al Ihe Esiacao Rodovi ári:1 bus terminal or Pr:lca Clovis Bevil:lCllua or b)' cngaging scats in the local "express inhos" :11 Avenida Ip irang:l, who operale {:tst C:l rs, sealing live , charging double the bus bre.

AnOlher interesting place for :1 whole da )"s outing is Guarujá, other­wise kuowu as Ihe " I'e:lrI of Ih e Allanlic Oee:m"j il well deserves Ihis name .

To gel there hom Ih e doek arc:a, one must get on :t "Poma-da-Praia" bus or streetcar. You get of{ :11 the !lnal stop alld calch th e ferry boat (oli e every five minutes) which wilJ take )'011 10 the olh er side of the Ch:lIH1d, i.c:. , Guarujá in about five minutcs Aat (or even less) and charge nothing.

Alrc:ad )' in Guarujá, there :Irc buscs wai tjng to take you on to the beaches,

Guaruj :1 is lhe forcmost spot for the pleasure·secking Paulistas and ils bcaehcs arc usua ll y c rowdcd \\'ith hundreds of cÎt)'. tired workers a\l{! "week-clldillg" business men.

Thc)' arrivc: each Frida)' evening and depart, sunburnt and deep!y t:mned on Sunday afternool1s :tud even Monday mornings. It is the pl ace where Sao P:mlo gi rls come around 10 show of{ thci r latc:st mCKlds of balhi ng suils (a lthough ver)' linie bathing is dOllej it is main ly a bea uty pageallt ever)' SU llda )' morning) and th e men, the btesl I\lodcls in SportS C:lfS.

GU:lfu já is indeed sm:ll\ comp:ITcd with Salltos, but its s:tll dy beachcs, shillillg whi tc, touched b)' sunshine, :U1(1 bathed b)' turquoise-green w:uers, afe uncqu:llled in Brazi l :lIId Ih e " spot" for a mill ion visi tors yea rl y.

Asid e (rom beaches, there arr: many scenÎc 51>01s . grr:en hills, and private \xaehes with jusI a strip of sand and se:I-\ashccl rocks to th r: right :md Idt.

In GU:lruj ~, th ere are some ~ood rest:mt:lI1ts, ex pensivr:, aud :unong th em arc the GRAND HOTEL :md th e SOBRE-AS-ONDAS ( liler:all)', Over-t he-seas) .

A ~ide trip from Guarujá is that to th e " Jc<!uitimar" . lifteen minutc:s b)' taxi from the cell lre of lhe town. buscs or strr:etca rs, so )'ou cither wkr: a taxi or walk .

arcsort some There arc no

I! is :llmost au cxclusive beach with a rr:staurant. A vcry spec ial mca l is scrved under the p:l lm trr:es and th is is certainl )' Ih r: best wa)' to have a meal: under the shadows of huge trees, g:lzjl1~ :It th e ocea n a stone's throw from where you arr: se:lIed , and sofl musie seemi l1g[y coming from no wh ere.

Th c food th ere is excellent (espeeially Ihe lish dishes) :Inti Ihr: drinks ( Ihe Dry Martini, D:liquiri :!lul Tom CoJli ns :lre top class!) are very weil prep:lrecl.

Th c plaec is nalurall)' expensive bUi the atmosphere is dclightful and­:1 1:ls1-who ean think of a beller way 10 end a wonderful visit 10

Santos?

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FAREWELL CHIEF ENGINEER VISCHER

T hirty-seven years of sea-going life have now been completed hy C hicf Engineer George Vischer , who was cntcrtained by Man:.ging Dircctors la a farc well \uncheoll on 23rd July. It was his I:l st visit la Hang Kang, though he;: will not aCluall y be leaving the Company until lhe end of October.

As a lways. Dur Catering Dep:1rtmcnt had ca rcfull y prepared a special menu for thc occasion , rhaugh we think tha t 'Bombe George' must have bUTst upon thc company with somelhing of a surpri se!

In his add ress, Mr dc Haan remarkcd lhar, ahhough it was nOL usual - even fOT :l shipping company - lo COI11 -pare ships with peopJe, on thi s occasion he would likc to point out that Mr Vischer started h is sea-goi ng caree r in S.5. Siberoct, a ship which ilO langer ex isted l and whereas the second ship of tha t name had been going for same time a lready , Mr Vischer himsel f appearcd none the worse for wear!

Speaker continueel with a rev iew of Mr Vischer's ca reer sillce 192 7, referring al so to his service in the Hoyal Navy (finishing as Lieute nal1t~Commander) anel hi s spel l in a pri soner~o f~war camp. Mr Vischer joincel R. I.L. in 1947 as Seconel Engineer, anel was shortly ~lfte rwarels promoreel ro C hief, in which cap<lcity he hael sc rved a ll scvcral sh ips but mainly on B.H.T. \/essels .

H e was knawn to all fo r his happy di spositio n and fa r his cactfu l discipline, factors which hael cndcared him to afficers, crew, a llel passengers alike.

Mr de Haan conc\ueled by thanking Mr Vischer for his long anel faith ful service to the company ~lIlel by wishing him and his family the ve ry best far the future.

Mr Vischer replied in his usual cheerful manner, thanking Mr de H :J::J:n far his app reciative wards :l.I1e1 saying rhat he was sure he himself had many bad qualities as weil ; far the moment , howc"er, he wished ta forget them, as he

Ur Vhd/er (rigM) elljoy! u joke tlJi"l Mr TertIJogl .

was su re his family wauld remind h im as SOO I1 as he settlecl dow n at home!

M r Vischer contin ued with special mentio n of the fri cndly relatioll ship between management , shore, a nd sea~gaing slaff of R. J.L ; he held up th is reJat ianship as an example ta ~dl companics - whether shipping or nor - af haw work G lil be carr ied OUl efficiently in a plc:ls:l lll at lllosphere.

A farewell W3S usu311 y considered a sad occ:lsion, bu t he d id not feel like lhat, bCGm se in fact hi s retirelllent W:lS still 3. few mOlllhs away :l nd for hilll was to mea n only a change of employer. H e conduded by cxtend ing his thanks to cvery one, management, share and sca~going staff, present and absent, for their fri end ly co-opera t ion allel for lhe personal fri endships, which had made it possiblc for him lO do his job :IS he should.

Fil1ally, the C hief Engineer proposed a lO:lst to the pros­perity o f R.I.L. a nd c\'c ry one in it. O ur good wishes go to him in his new shi p~building ca reer in Du rba n.

AAN ALLE " TASMANEN ..

In hel rondschrijven va n mei '64 werd gesproken over de :l:l.nbicding van ee n geschenk, (b t ook op het tockor1l:.lige internaat bruikb:l:lr za l zij n . Nu weet U nog wel v:ln Uw 1ccrlingentijd aa n boord V:l. n de · ·1'asm:l.n" da t d aa r twee spon slocpen waren, n .1. de " 1'jitas" en de " J:ln Niklaas" . De " T jit3s" is minstens even oud al s het interna:lt. J)1.."Ze sloep werd n:llnc1ijk bij de opening v:ln het intern:l.at geschonken door de toenmal ige Jav:l. Chma Japan Lijn (tegenwoordig K.I·C.P.L. ). De " Jan Nik1aas" is van iets la tere d:Hum. Deze sloepen zij n evenals het oude schip, hoewel uitstekend e nderhouden, oud en moeilijk meer te repareren .

De gedachte n g:lan da n ook uit naar het geven V:IO een verstdijk geschenk aan Uw oude internaat in de vorm V:lIl ee n nieuwe sleep . Er z:ll voor dit doel ongeveer f 4800,~ op tafe l moeten komen.

Deze sloep zou toegezegd moeten kunnen worden op de grote dag van de reun ie, n .1. 9 oktober as. 's middags tijdens de ontvangst op de " T:lsm:ln". " T:tsmanen", wi j reke nen op Uw steun dit pracillige doel te bereike n . StOrt heden nog Uw bil'drage op gi ro no. 89549 1 van de Amsterdamse Bank N.V. te Delfzij t.g.v. Comité 40 J:aa r Internaat" Abel Tasm:an" onder vermeldi ng "sloep T:asm:IO".

Wat de rcu nic betreft, geven wij hi erbij nog de volgende bijzonderhede n ;

Vrijdllg, 9 oktober.

16.30 u. Ontvangst v:m de reu niste n met hun dames op het intern:l3t. Opstellen voor het internaat voor de gez:lmclijke wandeling langs de geillumineerde gracht naar de schouwburg.

18.30 u.

20.00 u. Diner-dansant in de schouwburg.

ZuteN/flg . 10 oktober.

11.00 u. Rondtocht per bus d eor Delfzi jl en emgev ing. Hierop aa nsluitend een lunch, zo mogel ijk op het in l"ern:t:lt.

I loudt d us 9 en JO nk lObcr vri j en geeft U op . M:t:lkt het zo vcd mogelijk bekend :!:lll de U bekende " Tasm:mcn".

Namens het Comité,

E.L. Vuursteen Voon.ittcr I .F. Roukema Secretaris L. de V ries I)enningmcesler

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J. After the excitenlent~ of Japan , passcngcrs relaxed in the sun :md jmt 'watchcd thc waves go by· .

4 . Throughout tllc tri p, thc decks werc cle:lnccl down every morning .

2. " \Vhy bOIher to look :lt the waves?"

3. T hrec yOllng offi ccrs, out for brem her , w:Hchcd thc ncw C:l nlCra ç bci ng tried out .

Dl

5. . . whieh kepI them smooth and clean ror deck g:1mcs, such as shu nlc board.

MARC

6. U:l rocr T ung Cheu ng Kan <MEUR) prep:lrccl :l hld y'~ hair fo r a fcst ivc night.

i. In the lounge, Purser Vip Pak (i4~.l I::J dcmonslr:lted that he could kccp up wi th the tecn-agers.

TAKE

O UI" yOllng A us!n their Mund-trip I

M. . \\. here th ere's a will , thcrc's :l

wa)' ."l Onc gcntlcm:m med hi, initi ati ve :lt ;\ Chinese d inncr, :I ncw ex pcric nce to many.

9. Fom d a)'~' pcacdul ~:,iling bruugllt I long Kong in siglll :md a pi 101 on board.

:LL

~ARET

A TRIP

IV lian couple continue '1 111.t). " 1'j;u.!ung;".

15. It was plc:lSa nl 10 sirol l in the sunn y garden of thc Repulsc Ba)' Hotel bdore lunchco n .

12. A fasci nati ng crowded back-streel.

IQ. In Kowloon Ba)', the pilo t shouled lI1 ~ truc tj o n:. as the Customs launcn carm: alongsid t!.

Bill and Margaret crowded (IS m uch sig!lt­J"ecing as they cou/d manage info fit)e days ..

13. One o( Ihe famous OO:Hing fi ~h . re ~lau r :lI1ls at Aocrdecn .

11. It '~ a1ways :1 goed Iht! nOlicc·bo:trd :hhorc.

idca 10 check berorc going

H. The view of thc lurbou r from Iht! Pcak was an c:-:pcricncc la :oharc with friends.

16. Bil! look photographs of ever)'­thing, including the well­known Shck-O bcach.

18. All hcads turnet! fc r :t last look, as lhe ship slowly glidcd out of harbour, past R. I. L· s !-lead Onlce at Nt,rtlt Point, hcad ing for the open sc:!.

1 i. On board, Stewa rd Wong Pe; eh" (;E.1SW) lost :1 hard-fought game of tablc-Icnni\ 10 I-long Kong charnpion, ChcunJ; eheng Sing.

Tlle t!Hcn/;als ol ti fil/ecmll .ec flfury Cllinesc eom pa!J eard (wit!1 Arabic T/lIl1umdI addcd Jor reJcrenu) (IS reeOT/ I/metcr! by W . Z . Mll ider , T Ol/lJg Pao , uo/ . 37 (/944), pp . / · /4

Just ovcr ten years ago, Captain W.Z . M ulder r~tired, alter more than thirty years' service wjth the Company. In addilion to his sea·going ·duties, he had lound tllne to stlldy the lapanese (md Chinese languages, and had acquired a M(ute,.'s degree in the History ol the Arts in the Fm· Eas/.

For over ten years, R .IL. Post has benefiled by the erudite knowledge ol this Jndelatigable man, who has regularly wriuen Ollr interesting baak reviews, as weil as on a great variety of subjects. NoUJ he combines his orien/al kn.owledge with the ' know~how' of a seaman, to produce (I n (lccount - which even a landlubber can appreciate - of a:

CHINESE

In the February issue an article appeared on the subject memioned above; in it was inclicated that the compass depicted had nothing whatever to do with the sea . Indecd, but what does a Chi nese compass tha t is used fo r navigation look like?

Some twenty years ago when war was rag ing all around us I used to rest my bones in the library of the Sinological Instiwte at Leyden. P rofessor Duyvencbk, just prior to obtain ing board anel lodging in the Oranje H otel at Scheveningen , had uneanhed a Chi nese work from amongst the thousa nds in the depot anel dropped it in my un~ suspecting lap, with the remark tha t I should do somcthing about it!

COMPASS

For a sai lor, the work certai nl y was one to do something about.

lts tit le was \Vu Pci Ch ih ( ~Vijj~ ), Notes on Mili ta ry Preparat ion; it was offered to the throne in 1628 and ils au thor was Mao Yua n~i.

Part of it conta ins combined charts and s3 iling~directions , wh ich accorcl ing to the experts are belicved to be based 011 mater ial and info rmation collected dur ing Cheng H o's voyages (see R./.L. POst vol. V No. 10 August 1958).

The sea durts as such cou ld not be used as wc do but the sail ing direct ions wrinen on the charts were easy to

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follow. The usual text was : sail ing from A and se tting a course X, afte r Y watches, the ship makes B.

A watch was 2.4 hours alld there remained to be figured out how many miles it contai ned.

Now in another work on travels to foreig n coun tries we had founel th at " in measuring sea-tracks, 60 li constitu tcs a walch" anel that woulel mean 20 sea-miles. And , ho wever much we aelmired Cheng Ho and his voyages, wc could not poss ibly imagine his vessels avemging 8 knots for any length of time. So we set out w:::ll-know l1 tracks on a modern chart anel soon found that 10 sea-m iles for the watch was much nearer to lhc tru th.

The courses g iven presented another type ot d iflîculty: somc werc g ivcn lil one simple cycl ical character alld there could be no doubt about them. Thc 360 0 was div ided into 24 parts and indicated by a cyelical charter. Others were g iven in 2 characters, always two ncighbouring cyelical characters j that aroused my suspicions, for 110 sailor, and certa inly not a naviga tor of Cheng Ho's ab ili ty, would prescribe a course-to-sail within 30 0 !

Still other courses were indica ted in cyel ical characters preceded by the ord inary character Ulf1 (fJ), mea ning red or vermillion. H ere was a myste ry.

For a long time we went hunting through all that had been written on the Wu Pei Chih byeminent sillologues

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

" T he lace ol the wor/d map has changed so fJuickly oIJer the last lew years, and so regularly, th a! now and then onè has to study it to keep up-ta-date. In our aId 'Bos' Atlas, we have had to make seIJeral alterrUions over th ~

years. We consulted this oÜ reliable atlas when we read 'Sunrise' in the so-much-appreciated RIL. Post ol july, a magazine that in content (l nd phowgraphs can compete with our DUlch 'Blauwe Wimpel' .

Was the Van Cloon sightseeing on her way Irom Singapore to Fiji , with Sumatra's north coast on the starboard bow, the sun coming up straight ahead? Or halle t.h e names ol the big Soenda islands in Indonesia been changed again, sa th at we m ust again alter our Bos atlas? Th ere ha fl'e been many migrants Irom lava to Sumatra; did they also take the names ol thár native soil with them, as our lore. bears did to America and Australia, or welS jt just (I slip ol the printer?

We hop:: to be able to rece;ve the RIL. Post lor (J long time to come".

(Signet!) D. Millllcma Master, m.v. Stréla t Lombok.

O f cou rse, Capta in Mi nnema is quite right and we should have said l ava instead of Sumatra. Our faces on re­reading "Sunrise" have a fin e rosy glow! . . . . Ed .

but their explanations could nor sat isfy thc latent seaman in me. So, having all the time till V-E Day, I cu l\ed the courses given throughout the Wu Pei Chih sail ing d irec­tions alld entercd them on a drawi ng of the cirele d ivided inlo 24 sections of 15 0 each. A lld then it dawned on me that the two-cha racter courses plus the tan-character courses were 5 0 sect ions of the 15 0 cyel ical d ivisions.

In due course I had to publish this phenomena l discovery In a learned journ:t! (T 'oung Pao 1944) and never hea rel of it again. Un:il last year, when a friend of mine d rew my attention to a book published by the Un:versity of Malaya Press, entitled "The Golden Khersonesc" by Paul Wheatley, in which the author w holly agreed \V i h my explanation and pri nted "the essentials of a nfte~nth­century Ch inese compass card (with Arabic numerals added (or reference)" .

Therc remains to be tolel th at I checked several sa iling directiolls on modern sea-charts. Natu ra lly thc courses given werc magnetic courses alld with the material at my disposal in those days I could not poss ibly nncl OUt thc exact var iat lon in the beginning of the XVth ceillu ry. But we had a va riatioll cha rt of that part of the worlel a nd si mply assumed that the annual increase or d ~crease ha:! been cons tant over the nve centu ries. So a ll estimated varialion was ngured out, applied to the course give.n and the " true" courses plotted on a modern sea chart. Amazingly cnough we safely navigated fr0111 Nank ing to the cas t coast of Africa and never hit a rock or all island! Or l1uybe not so amazing after all?

....... -.......... -...................................... -............................................... .. I ,

~ TEN YEARS AGO ~ I I I Ist September, 1954

" I I

~ ~ I WHY IS A SHIP A "SHE" 7 I

~ l3ecause: Wh en in port th ere are always gangs ol ~

~~ men around her; it takes a lot ol parnt to keep :/~.:' : her good-Iooking; coming into port she very alten .-

goes to the "buoys".

~ (Notc : boats nOt to be cal Icd "shc" arc thc nuilboats). I

~"'~ '. I (Condensed 11'0111 " 1-1(/(// op Gelijk") ,

~ ~ ~ This has probably been printed over a nd ove r a ,~ ;. million times, but pnhaps th is is the nrst time you

" I will read it. Here is the latest ve rsion we have I' ~ seen: - .. ~ , ~ A sh ip is ca li ed a "she" beca use there's always a ~ .. great deal ot bustie around her - becat1 s~ there's " ~ usually a gang of men around her - bccause shc ~ ~ ta kes a lot of pa in t to keep her look ing good - :. I because it is not the initial ex pense that breaks you, ~ .. it' s thc upkeep - because it takes a good man ra :. ~, handle her right - because she shows her tops:de, ~

hides her bonom , and when coming illto port always .-~ heads for the buoys . ~ I ~ ... ................................ -...... -............................... -...................... -.. ....... ..

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MR ALTMAN CELEBRATES

2STH ANNIVERSARY

A n informal gathering was held on 15[h July in thc office of thc General Manager fOf AUSlrali:l & N cw Zcaland 10

cclcbratc thc complclion of twcnty~ five ycars' service by Mr L. Altm,n (Frcight).

Those prescm inc\ucled senior stafT members anel Mr Altl11:ln 's olclest friends in lhc organis:nion , who h:1VC workce! wi th him fOf ll1:1ny years.

On behalf of Managing Directors ::1I1d sl;-.fT Mr cle Loos congr~ltllblcd Mr A llman on his a nnj ve rs~l ry anel presenlcd hill1 with a pair of s il vc r candelabr:l , anel M rs cic Loos gave Mrs A1tl11:l11 a bouquct of Aowcrs.

Mr Altm:1n thankce! Managing Dircctors anel lhose prcscill fOf lheir gih. He said that the past years had been happy olles in thc oAice :lIld he wished the Company success in the future.

A WELCOME ASHORE

T höc happy .\I rniles (wcre they saying 'Cheesc' ?) arc from mcmbcrs of the R. I.L. Soci:.1 Club in Sydney at a recent Bowling SOCi:l1. Thc :.lCt ing Prcsidenl, Mr G. S::hmiclt , tdls li S Lha t lhe Club is eager te cstablish :l closc rciaLion­ship belween ships' officers a nel shore; to [his end, lhercfore, all ships in port at appropriale times \ViII be nOl ined whcll ::t social (unction is in the oAïng, anel for a small slim call take part.

I-I cre's an oppOrtllni iy to cnjoy yoursclf. ship:. · oflice rs. Make thc most of it!

C OMPAN Y

SHORE LlNES

As a good many readers guessed , the plJOlogrllph Oll

ow' tuly back-page was of the mOllt surrounding the

Im perial Palace, T okyo. Th e I/lck of ,he draw Jalls

'0 Baron F.O. van Randlvijek (H K H O VZ), who

col/eels the prize of (lil 1?.lL. leller-opener. Wc

shal/ be awarding one of these each momh from

nou) on.

Through a complete oversight, we omiued 10 ment10ll

last month that tune's winner was MI' lal1 Gif/m'd

(Sydney) . We did not fm'get , however, 10 su Ih at

he receivcd his award!

PERSONALITIES

M r F. Terwogt, Ma n::tg ing DircclOr. ldl I-long Kong on 7th August for H ome Leavc via South America.

Mr P.V.C.E. Liebenschu tz, retiring Manager for Hong Kong & Chin::t, anel Mr A.N. Bou vy (who will lake over as ncw Man:Jgcr in Octobe r) lefl I-long Kong on 26[h August , accompanicel by Mr K.L. Lee, for a lwo-weeks' vi sit to China .

M r P .A. de Loos, GCllcnd M~n~ger for Australia & Tew Zealanel, made a brief business trip to H ong Kong in mid-August.

Mr M . Mats uo, Chief of the Inward Ca n \'~ls:. ing Dept. of our T okyo Office, went on an extensivc orielltation trip to East , Soulh anel W est Africa al the end of June, with [he special object of meeting leading rcpresentatives of }apa nese nrms. H e returncd lO T okyo vi::l Amsterdam and H ong Kong.

M r Matsuo !cav­ing H ancda Air­port (sec abovc)

LOG BOOK

P. &. O .• ORIENT T EAM.

(From !eh ((I r ight) BlIek Row: R. 13calc, G. Sch midt, W. Blanchard, J. Con noiI)', M. Trcby, L. Muir. Froht ROI/J: R. Spinks, L . Roodhousc, W. Ho, A. Pricstk)', D. Pricstlcy. (Photos: G. Schrnidt)

TELL ME WHY

From the Sydney Ncwshcet:-

.. L ast Sunday aftcrIlOon (27tl1 June) our tea m ex­perienced thcir first but honourablc dcfea t hy P. & 0.­O rient. Wc starlcd wilh 9 pbyers anel our opponen t~

succeeded in scoring their first point. Af ter about ten mi nutes play our very efficient goalie, Mr W yndson H o, arrivcd (got los t in the park) allel :I loudly p:-o­testing phorographer, Mr George Schmidr, was wiel to rake ofT his shirt anel start playi ng as clevcnth man. With a fu ll team, R. I.L. nQw prcssed P. & O.·Or:ent very hard indeed as t rad itionall y thc case between our companies.

STRAAT COLOMBO CONTRIBUTION

W e hear fro m Captain Cijsouw of thc Straat. Colo mbo that the sum of H K$360 was collccled on board rccendy anel donated to the Salva tion Army in I-lo ng Ko ng Eor thr ir work in helping need y peopJe. This was Ihe resuJt of an American auction of the 'Ships of the W eck ' photograph published in the Ju ne issue of RIL. POSl. Congralulal ions !

ARTIST AFLOAT

Th:1I ta lcll tcd paintcr of wa tcr -co lou rs, Roat s wain Kwok Bing !flHPi . h as ag;lÏ n held all e.x­h i l> i ll011 of hi s pa in(ngs . Ih is time 011 b oa r d IU .V .

" TegelbergI'. 11 is IlOW nca rly lhirlcell )'caTs sillec Mr Kwok R i n~ fi rst startcd a sca-faring life. Whal was Ollee his profes­sion has been his spa re-time h o b b )' aho:m l ni ne R. I. L. ships since 1950.

Considering lhe di screpancy in tra inll1g it IS still n ma rvel lhat the fina l score was 3 to I in bvour of P. & O.-Orient. For thi s we may thank pbycrs like Mr Ron Spinks (Freight), who scorcd Dur o nly point , ,bly , ss istecl by Mr Len Roodhouse (Frcight), Mr Johl1 Connolly (Accou nts), Mr Abn Prie::. t1ey (Dur Captain) anel al so Mess rs Wally Blaneharel anel George Sehm idt (bath Frcight) who were fn mom Eor lhei r "gel in thc way" techn iquc ! ..

Was it rca ll y bek of p ract icc, or werc R.I. L. ovcrCOIllC by thc 'bshionablc' h~li rc u ts of the opposing tcam? Ycah ! Ye,h!

FAMILY NEWS

New Arri vuls T n ~'! r J. T effcr (S)"dncy) a d:lughlcr, P:urió ;, I lelcna, on 14th July.

T r) ~!r F.e.A. Gcmke (11K 110 TD) a d aughter, Paub Annelicsc Maria, on 23rd Jul)'.

1'0 ~ Ir E. \'an I):t:l'Selaar (Sydney) :l son, Ever( Gerard Willcm, on 30lh Jul y.

To Mr W.F .). FrQwcin (HK 110 PCl) a daughter , Diane Suza nnc Marie, on 181h AU61ht.

ANOTHER WINNER

~" I' \ , " ,

"

JII tfl~ IUII~ issue we (U/1I01lIlU(I t/u w;,wus oJ our AlIlIÎtersllry

/'IlOtogmphic Competitio". Oll~ 0,1 t/um (/lUS Mr S. As(UlO 0/ R.I.L .·s Yoko/wm({ office. Here fI~ is, receil'illg /lis gald IIIl1tdl from Mr ' .f. VtUl Sfunbergell, !dallager af Yoka//(II//({. ({midsl f/U sl/Iilli"g Jaces oJ his colIgmtu!alory col/eagtfes.

TWILI G HT

H . Fujiwara

KOBE PHOTO CONTEST

O nce again mcmbcrs of lhe R. I. L. Kobe PhOlO Club h;l\C had :1 contCSl, with lhe follow ing results :-

1 st Mr H. Fujiwar::t

2nd do

3rd do

" Mr N. Koizu mi

4th Mr K. Ajit::t

5 til - do

We reproduce thrcc of lhc excellent on lhis page.

winning photograph~

I N A T EM P LE N. Koizumi

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K . Ajita

N EG OTI A TI O N

As Mr Fujiwara has come First in duce consccuti\'c COI1-

tes ts, he now takes possession of a cup don::tted by MTs

Okano, a farme r tclephonc opera tor of DU f Kobe O Aice.

111 , 1) ./1.1.

m .v. Ru\'s

m.v. T ECELBERC

m.v. DoISS F. VAI N

m.v. TJITJALE NG KA

m .v. T,I LUWAH

m.v . TI IWA NG I

m .v. STRAAT B AN""

m . V. TJ 1NECARA

m.v. STRAAT BALI

m .v. STRAAT MOZAMH1QUE

m .v. STRAAT MAGEI.IIAF.N

m.v. STRAAT VAN DII:~":' N

m.v. STRAAT RIO

m ,v. STRAAT FREETOWN

m .v. STR ...... T FR F.MANTI.F.

In .V. S TRAAT MALA"KA

m. \'. STRAAT SOENDA

m.v. TJ I BANTJ F.T

5.S. T,IBODAS

5.S. TJII'ONOOK

S.S. TJTK"~II'EK

m.v. STRAAT COLOM80

m.v. STRAAT CLEMENT

m.v. STRAAT CLARENCr.

In . V. STRAAT CIIAT I-IAM

m,v. STII.AAT CUMIIF.RUNO

m .v. TJII'ANAS

m.v. STRAAT IOHORE

In .V. STRAAT S I NGAPORE

m .v. STRAAT T OR Rf.S

In.V. STRAAT Com:.

m .v. TJIL.lWONG

m .v . T ' IMANUK

m .v. TjlTAR UM

• Acting

Captain

E.M. Drukker

H. Klein

H .A. Scheybc1er

W .A. Giel

S. Jochems

J. Kuik en

Th. T erhorst

L. Rademaker

W. Incke

N. Kroone

A. ' . Zonncvij lle

' . H.W . Voigt

W.P .H. Gerken

Th. Rose

D .C.M.v.d. Krah

H . Mu ys

W . Lautenbag

E.P. Helleman

' .G .M. Spijker

L.P. Weststrate

H. Pronk

L.A . Cysouw

P. de Roode

D . Procee

' .D. Jclijs

Th .G . Wcemaes

B. den Hoed·

W . H. Schrödcr

C. Dekker

G .W. de Bru yn

W. Mieag·

S.Tj . Doornbos

, . Verburg

G. Verkerk

POSTINGS On I st September, 1964

CIIi~1 Enginu r

G. Vischer

I .G. H . Vcrkerk

Th . Kuiken

D.l ... l. A. J.v.d. Gugten

P.C. Spu ybroek

G .J. Doves

A. P.C. Reynhoudt

J. Dirkse

M.G. cic Wever

A. ) . Pau w

M.G. Iku nder

W. Bakker

J. Pronk

J.P. du Bois

1\. Vink

F . L.Th .M. Pi ctersm:.

A. Geurt s

J. Mos

P.A. Zwart

P. Tigchclaar •

I .P. Kalma *

J. van Boven

J. Bina

H .M. Deggens

F.M.I·I. Bcckers

P. Reuvers

)-1. B. Visser

H . Spruyt

C. Schavcm:.ker

' .H .M. van Miltenburg

J. Stoop

C. Krul

I\.E. Sama n

C. va n het Maal pad

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Heat! of e.D .

B.I\.C. H .G. n n Zu tphen

P. Smit

Li Moon Chung

*iUL't, K.A .W.M. Verkerk

T sui Fook

~ ii\i Vip Pak

* :ft A. P. Eekh out

Shum Li ng ~ i/ij T sa ng Hin Fa i

~J~Um Vip \Vi ng Kai

~~{;I; Chan Vim Hing

'*~!l!! Ling Vau 1& ;{;f Wilki am 000

tiJï&~ Lam Kee

U llt Shum Wai

~ m Chan King l1lI! :I.'l:

Chan Lam

~* U Lam Yiu Bun

UI1iIfl Vip Ho Hung

*i"J'IL Wang Shan ii'i I t I 1..0 Chcu ng J-Iung

1Il5&/IX! Loh Soy Fong ~~)'f Mak Kam Kwong

~~ft Lam Kin T ing

UW!î!i Ngai Chce Kin 'IlII;;l;;~ Au-Yeung Wai Shing

~~l!./îX: Lee Hin Fan

'I'!Hi1lJ T ong Vuet Tim rJHQ~ Shu m Lin Sze

~ill!ffrJî T sang Cho}' fit ::t Kan Vip Fai

n1ll\~/l1I Foo Chun Choy l~lf/;IU R.F .V. Ri bciro

Loek Van ~ ,!ll

BoatJW(lin

La u Chung ;~ ij T ang Kec

!lil III Yiu Kwong

lilt ft Chcu ng- Ming jR lJJl Leung Tim

~ ~ Wang Chu ng lii fl 1-10 Woon To fHUl1 Leu ng Yu ng Kan m!ê'IN Chan Kcung l1lI! liil Lee Wah

* ~ Leung Ling ~ lj:r Cheung Wah

1f~ ~ Chan Shui Fook

'**i\ll Poon Pak Hung

lIIalJ~~ Lcung Dai Shing

mmM! • Lcu ng Wah ~Nt~ • (hospitalized) Ch:1O Kcc l1lI! Jl; Lee Cheong

* &. Ch:m Chucn l1lI! ~ Tsang Sue}'

f1 7l< bi Loy

rJ * Ho Kw:m fiiJ JlII \Vang Moon

m lUl Lcung Ngau

~ 'f Chcung Ding

~J~ T Cheung To

~R lit Lai rook rJ i\ll Lee Kwak Hing

*O!I!l!! Lcung Ka n

~ IN Leung Vun Choy

~nU Lee Ng

* fli Viu Shu Sum W~j.jj l!li Kwa k r.,-fee

~~ 1t€ Kwak Tai Yau

m>m'!r

No. I Fireman

Lam U n

U i!li Lam Ka\\'

U 1L Cheng Lau Man

1$J~:Jt Leung Yung

~ !ê' Lam Fook M: ij\'ó Chan Lcung ~JIt à Liu Hin Ming

~!lii~ Cheung Sai

~R 110 Tang Kau

!lil JOlt Lnrn Kalll

U ~ Lam Chcu ng U j!f Lam Ping

U 'P Leu ng Hoi Kwan ~mJlII Choy Ving

fff 1J.i: Yue Fat

* !ft Kcu ng Chee

1< lI.I Lam Chiu

U ~II Lee \Vah

* ~ Lau Kwai ;IJ l!E Lam For Hing U;k!l!! T ong Kow rg 1L Cheun~ Kwai

1M ti: Liu 1'0 Hi ng

il±!l!! ehan Si ng

l1lI! M! Lee Sa ng

* !È Chan Chun r-,'Iing ,Jlt1!<1JI:I l'sc T ak W:lh

:lllîil:\~ Lam Siu

U Y Chcung Chai

~~ ~ Lam Su i Hing M: Y!l!! Liu Kwai Yuen

IAItl5G Lam Chue

U tt L:lIn Yan

U t: Cho)' Hing t't ili

IN MEMORIAM

:!ti lil iJL J,r, L M 1d: f ~j Jjf J1k ~JLi\';it!l!lil

.t~=+liDa •••• ~.~~

LII'I,@,o

;r,l!lil'7iI"P-'lHlt • • -1L lii\:t~

~A*0.r.~.J~amm · .

JIHE* 0jjj:{\:~lhlJi}$1J:'1Il< • ;)'Ubll& ij~f%ft: r zr.lïiiliJJ!l J fII):lfiEJ1k)!Jl • ft:

*:tj"~mWPUEW4)lif/(;frlrJiB i!I; ffl~ ' A~ft:*~*l1.'Ii!3i1!! °

W;r,l.~nI~.M •• · ~-H*ill · .iJLnmo

*frl!f;ltirl& ',~i n1m'RFoJ!ill ° It is w ilh much reglcl thaI wc have 10 annQuncc Ih e d t'a th or I):mtryman Tam Pau , agcd 40, 0 11 251 h Jul)' :11 Ih c Kwong W:lh Hospita l, Hang Kong, .. (ter a long ill ncss .

Mr T :I01 joincd IU .L. in 1958 as Asst . Cook on OO:lrd Ihe " Tcgclbcrg" :md had workcd in variOlIs capacitics 0 11 bo:ml tht, Com pan y's passcll gcr ships ever sinee , fi nishing as P:uuryman on board " Tjit j:l lcngka". He cnlcrcd hospital in Port Elizabclh in Junc and was rcpalri:llcd by air 10 I-long Kong a .nont h later.

Mr T am was a <Iu iel cOIlSCiClllious workcr who g:lVc IOy:11 service 10 Ihe Comp:m y. O ur d et: pest sym p:u hy goes 10 his wire.

W t: :UlIIounce wit n m uch reglet Ih e dcalh in Hong Kong on lllh August of Mr Ng C h a k Wa (9i!r.f!l'(!!) , aged 74 , ah er a shorl ill ncss. Mr Ng Chak Wa wi ll be remembe red by many bccause ol his close connectiOll wilh the Com pa ll )' from 19 17 ( w hen he workt:d for Ih c Compradore firm Sum Pak Ming, serving the ohl Javaline) until his .,etire.m.cnt in 1958 , w hclI he was onc of the Iwo parlll l:rs of Ih l: Javal llll' C hlll l'se Officl: . In thaI )' I::Ir he was mad e a Chevalic l in th:: o rder of Oranje Nassau. He was a prominent citizen ol Hong Kong , an Ull offi eial Justiec of Ihc Peace, for a Il umber of yca;s y icc Ch :~ irm all of th l' TI~ng W:lh G roup of hospilals, and in a slIllIl ar capaclty scrvcd the Chllu:se Gcneml Ch:llnbe.r of Comm erce.

O ur decpe.~ t symp:lIhy go:,s to his wi fe. 10 his seven sons (all of whom hold exeeul jve posilions in l'long Kong) , 10 his Ilvc da ughlers and cleven gra ndchildren.

PERSONNEL

TRANSFERS OF CAPTAINS

ANC CHIEF ENGINEERS

Capl:'li n C. Dekker , was posted to Ill . V . Str:lat Si ng:lpore fo llowing home !cavc. Capla! n G. v.d. Spoel, M:lstcr of m. v. T ji m:Ulllk went on home Jcave. Ca ptain J. Vcrburg was posltd 10 m.v. T ji rnanuk fo llowi ng inter ­mediale le:wc .

Captai n P. I I. Zweers, t ... laster of m.v. Straat Banka went on home Chicf Engi neer B. Kragt of nl . V . T jiw:mgi was posted 10 Syd ney Icave . Supts . C:lplain Th . T erhorst, Master of S.S. T jik:lInpck was pasted to m .v. Ch id Engineer G. J. Dovcs was posted w m .v. T jiwangi followi ng Stra:c B:mb. home leave. Captain 11. Pronk W3S posted w S.S. T jibmpek rol lowi ng home Ch icf Engi neer G .J.C. Bevc1:mdcr of Ol. V. Stra:l\ r.,'loz.::lInbique went \cave . on home lcave. C3ptain A. j . Wi nkclmolcn, ~bstcr of nl.V. T jibant jel, wcnt on inter - ChicC Engineer A J Pouw was pOliled la Ol.V. Stf:l:l t Mozambique mediale leave. fo llowing home lcave. Caplai n E. P. Hc1lcman was postcd to m .v. T jilxantjet !ollowing home Acting Ch icf Engineer G.G. Peck of m .v . Su aa t T orres was trans-Icavc. ferred in hi s subst:l nti \'e rank 10 m.\' . T jibant jcl . Captain G. J. Noë , Master of m. v. Straat Si ngapore went on inter- Chicf Enginl,.'Cr j.J-I. M. van Miltenbu rg was posted lO 111 .'0'. SU3:l1 mediale lcavc. T orrcs follow ing home leavc.

--------------------------~-----------------SHIPS OF THE WEEK

O n 16lh Jul y, mcss3ges were rccorded at lhe 'H ot el

Gooibnd' , H ilversum, by relati\'es of officers se r\' ing on

bOJ rd S. S. T jipondok 3S " E3stship " (lcft) anel m.\' . Boissevain as " Westship" . T hc Illcssages wcrc then rcbyed lo [he shi ps concernccl .

PERSONNEL

NEW PERSONNE L

A hearty welcome IS extended '0 ,he following new R.I.L.' ers who recently took up employment:

M, G . B. C:J.rrcc 4th Qfficcr

" F.C. Lc1iard \V. A . Vincente

" "

L. J. P, Hilckmann E~lploy~~ ,. E .H . Carpentier Alting

F. P:mnckock "

SUCCESSFUL EXAMINATIONS

Our congratulatÎons go '0 ,he fo llowing who passed exam inat ions as indicated Mr F.A. Hcrkcnh off Chid Officcr

" e.E. Herbig 2nd

" C.v.d. Knaap

" K. RömeJingh

" R.J. Vlcerbos 3 ~~1 " F. van Groll

T.R . dc Groot

" Th .G. Ronkcs Agcrbcck " e.c . Schoc

" M.F. Spicsscns ,. E. van Went ., D.F. va n Wocrdck om

d~icf " J.C. Mculcnbcrg Engineer J.H.M. van Miltenbu rg

" I-Lj .G.A. Ouen 2nd

" J. Ca ppoolsc 3,d "

" R. Fc)'tcn " H. Noort

" A.J. Odink

" H. J.M. Peters

" R. Boucb cn Stil

" B. Spi ts

LEAVE

T hc followi ng personnd went on leavc:

Mr F. L. S. Drcycr " M. van Dorsse n

Z. van Voonhuizen " R. van Willigenburg " P. I .M.v.d. Ende

L.G.F.L. C I:wbitz " H.E. Weert " I-I .J. Schaap " B. Sprokk erecf " E. Tcutings " U.C. van Baal

W .L. Idsinga " L. \V. Joziasse

N .v.d. Me}'den S . Oosterhoff Th.C. Rci siger

" I . de Vr ies G . de Vries W.K. Min k

2nd Officcr 3rd

" 3 ~~1 Engineer 4 th

" "

officers, below:

I Th.!

11 Th.!

I T h.1

11 11

Pr .11 11

T h.1 11 C C

Th .C B B

Th .C B n A A

@

r 30 .6.64 li.6 .64 2.6.6' 3 .6.64

29 .5.64 10.6.64 3.6.64

25.6 .64 26 .6.64 4.6.64 3.ï.64

19.6 .64 18.6 .64 19 .6 .64 25.6.64 30 .6 .64 15 .6.64 2 .6 .64

26 .6.64 2 .7.64

12.6 .64 12.6.64

T hose who re[urned are :

Mr J .M. Jansen ,. M.F. Spiessens " G. Bos " A. J . Hongers

J. Hoo}'mayers !-I.I .M. Peters

" P.F. Fcleu s P. Gecrtsc

" I .C .M. Noorderm eer ,. J .v.d. N eut " G.H.] . van Echten >, J.C. de Geus " Chr. Moes

2nc! 3 rd 3,d

Offi cer

" Engi neer

5 ~h Eng'tneer

Adj. CI~~f Employee

TRANSFERS SHORE STAFF

posud / 0

s.s. Tjibodas m.v . Tegel berg nl.V. Tjipa nas s.s . T jipondok m.v. $tr :tat Bali m.v. T jitjalengk:t m .v. Tjibantj et s.s. Tjipondok m . \' . $ tr:t:tt Clem ent 111. v. $ tra:tt Ri o HK HO Durban Yokoh:t m a

l\'lr R.I. Jonkhoff (Acting 1-1 . Employee) was transfe rred (rom H K HO la Sydney $upcrinlendents. Mr T .E. I-Ienkemans, Empl oyee, was transferred fro111 Buenos Aires la I-IK MH .

LEAVING ( OR LEFT l SERVICE

Mr G . van Aggclen M. L. I-Ia velaar

>, H.C .A. Quinws J. P:t syeer M.C . van H all

I N

4th Officer 3 rd Engineer

S;h ,. Em ployee

MEMORIAM

k own request

" " " "

Mr A. Plug in Du,b,n on 3,cl July. service of J.c.J.L. in 1937 lncl Chief Officer.

Mr Plug (' ntered the retired in 1957 as

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